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Michael Johnson has his eye on the UFC lightweight division’s biggest names. He thought he had one in former champ Benson Henderson, but now he believes he’ll have to accept a bout with a lesser-ranked fighter.

BOCA RATON, Fla. – After winning four straight fights, moving into the lightweight division’s top 10, and finally shutting up his doubters, Michael Johnson knows exactly what – and whom – he wants next.

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – Michael Johnson hardly took a backward step during his three-round battle with Edson Barboza, who took an awful lot of lateral and very few forward ones. In the end, that raw aggression apparently made an impression on the judges.

In this week’s Trading Shots, Danny Downes and Ben Fowlkes spar over whether Benson Henderson did enough to make fans care at UFC Fight Night 60, and why that code seems so hard to crack for so many fighters.